Suddenly Gay Sims

I have noticeed this as well. Normally I don't mind who the sims in my game have relations with. The only time I care is when I create a sim and in my mind they are this or that, then the game decides otherwise. I wish we had a way to pick a preference. Opposite Sex, Same Sex or Either. Toss in confused just the fun of it all.

I didn't notice this in my game yet. My sims usually only have whims to flirt with a person they have a romantic relationship with, and they also don't start romantic interactions out of nowhere if I don't initiate it.

I would also like an option in CAS for setting the gender preference, maybe under the gender settings we have already? Something like Gender Preference: Males, Females, Both, None?

I don't see what the big deal is, this has been happening since TS2. I've had sims who were naturally attracted to the same sex, and I just roll with it. I don't control my sims THAT much. I watch them when they are in groups and I see who they are building up a relationship with the quickest, which usually means there is also an attraction there. When they added the Turn on/off system in TS2, I had sims falling for the same sex all the time just based on those attractors. I never knew Summer was a lesbian though, she's not at all aggressive in my game (if she's still alive. last time I saw her she was an elderly cook at a restaurant).

"Goth583;c-16402462" wrote:
I don't see what the big deal is, this has been happening since TS2. I've had sims who were naturally attracted to the same sex, and I just roll with it. I don't control my sims THAT much. I watch them when they are in groups and I see who they are building up a relationship with the quickest, which usually means there is also an attraction there. When they added the Turn on/off system in TS2, I had sims falling for the same sex all the time just based on those attractors. I never knew Summer was a lesbian though, she's not at all aggressive in my game (if she's still alive. last time I saw her she was an elderly cook at a restaurant).

But not everyone plays like this, there are players that want to have control over what happens in their games (me included). Not everyone wants to go with what the game decides.

"Huiiie_07;c-16402675" wrote:

"Goth583;c-16402462" wrote:
I don't see what the big deal is, this has been happening since TS2. I've had sims who were naturally attracted to the same sex, and I just roll with it. I don't control my sims THAT much. I watch them when they are in groups and I see who they are building up a relationship with the quickest, which usually means there is also an attraction there. When they added the Turn on/off system in TS2, I had sims falling for the same sex all the time just based on those attractors. I never knew Summer was a lesbian though, she's not at all aggressive in my game (if she's still alive. last time I saw her she was an elderly cook at a restaurant).

But not everyone plays like this, there are players that want to have control over what happens in their games (me included). Not everyone wants to go with what the game decides.

Well, The Sims franchise is built for us to have control over the sims; this is just what makes the game fun for me. I don't like to be in control 100%. There are mods out there that will make all your sims "straight" if that's what you want. EA will not change this in the game because they want to be realistic .

"NorthDakotaGamer;c-16402746" wrote:
@Goth583

Sims is supposed to be a sandbox game, meaning the player has the control and decides. This may be why my sims never go out or have many friends, because the game AI forces certain things I don't want.

I've been playing this franchise since TS1 came out, so I know all about HOW the game is meant to be played. I don't have fun having total control over my sims lives, its boring and puts me to sleep. You can influence the AI of the game if you are more involved, and there are mods out there as well that will let you do this. In the end it doesn't change the fact that The Sims is meant to be a game for everyone.

"Goth583;c-16402762" wrote:

"Huiiie_07;c-16402675" wrote:

"Goth583;c-16402462" wrote:
I don't see what the big deal is, this has been happening since TS2. I've had sims who were naturally attracted to the same sex, and I just roll with it. I don't control my sims THAT much. I watch them when they are in groups and I see who they are building up a relationship with the quickest, which usually means there is also an attraction there. When they added the Turn on/off system in TS2, I had sims falling for the same sex all the time just based on those attractors. I never knew Summer was a lesbian though, she's not at all aggressive in my game (if she's still alive. last time I saw her she was an elderly cook at a restaurant).

But not everyone plays like this, there are players that want to have control over what happens in their games (me included). Not everyone wants to go with what the game decides.

Well, The Sims franchise is built for us to have control over the sims; this is just what makes the game fun for me. I don't like to be in control 100%. There are mods out there that will make all your sims "straight" if that's what you want. EA will not change this in the game because they want to be realistic .

First you're saying that the game is fun for you because of the control you have, but then you state you don't want control, this contradicts itself a bit, but this doesn't matter. Fact is that with the AI like it is now, sims are flirting with neary everyone. It's the autonomy that needs a huge overhaul, and mods shouldn't be the only solution for this. If modders can do it, the devs could do it too. I like to be in control, but I also don't want all of my sims to be straight you know. This would be boring and unrealistc. I just want, like many others that posted here, that the sims I want to be straight don't randomly start to flirt with someone of the same sex and vice versa. The game should recognize a sim as straight or gay after several romantic interactions towards a specific gender have taken place and it should only change when the player directs a sim to do otherwise.

I just want to be able to choose my sims preferences or something. In previous games, I liked letting my sims decide via wants/whims. Now, it doesn't seem to matter. I go with the first sim they show a preference for, but then they want to flirt with every other sim when they're feeling flirty instead of the one they have the highest romance bar with. I'm just asking for my sims to be consistent instead of flirting with every sim they know, especially when they don't have the romantic trait. I'm not saying I want every sim to be straight, but I want to be able to set some sort of preference or something; heck, I would settle for my sim's 'flirt with ___" to target the sim with the highest romantic relationship nearby.

I guess in the end, the game needs some sort of way to set preferences and/or an attraction system. I can play with the way it is right now, but my sims pretty much stay home or go out singly.

Just throwing my 2 cents in here. I am a straight, white woman and that's what I typically play as. Now, my Sims have rolled whims that I followed thru that strayed from my normal game play.

If my female sim, who is in no serious relationship with anyone, wants to flirt with betty... by golly... we'll romance betty like no tomorrow.

I just wish we had a relationship system, where we could tag each sim as straight, gay, bi, faithful. Open relationship, player. Non committal.... etc. Because while I tend to play how I live, straight white female married to white male, my Sims can chose whoever they want, I just want them to pick something and follow thru.

Great, Janet, you've got eyes for betty. Let's make that happen, but I don't want to see you flirting with Don tomorrow, cause you are a faithful type SIM.

"TheGoodOldGamer;c-16401271" wrote:
In much the same way that the Sims don't have to deal with racism and such, I feel like they're not as restrictive (self or societal) as we real humans are in their preferences either. I like to believe they like or dislike another Sim based on who that Sim is, personality wise and with compatibility and all that, in a more genuine sense, rather than full of unwarrented biases and things out of the Sim's control.

In my mind, a Good trait Sim might not like a Hot-Headed Sim, because they have a tendency to be angry and yell at others. And not because they wear an ugly colored hat or they have a certain skin or something like that. How gender specific can Sims really be when aliens impregnate male Sims and no one bats an eye? :D

Ummmmm, I actually captured this incident on video, because it was my Legacy Heir's wedding. My Simself (the founder) started flirting with the female bartender and Johnny Zest (her spouse) got really angry and wouldn't watch the vows being done. The bad moodlet was for "Flirty Spouse", but it definitely struck me as particularly bad because it was with a MOTSS.